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1
Emily Dickinson:
A)Traveled widely in her life
B)Was born in Mexico
C)Briefly attended Mount Holyoke College
D)Wrote essays, plays, and famous novels
E)Was married to a famous writer
2
The stanzas of "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-" are written in:
A)Quatrains
B)Couplets
C)Tercets
D)Sestets
E)Octets
3
In the last stanza of "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died," the word "Windows" is most likely a metaphor for:
A)Heaven
B)A fly
C)A cemetery
D)Glass
E)Eyes
4
What punctuation mark is used frequently in "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died"?
A)Exclamation points
B)Question marks
C)Ampersands
D)Dashes
E)Colons
5
Which of the following things are compared using a simile in "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died"?
A)Atmosphere in the room to the atmosphere before a storm
B)Atmosphere in the room to the atmosphere in heaven
C)Windows to flies
D)Keepsakes to flies
E)All of the above.





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